Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oops - I see we all make mistakes. Doug on 3/28/04 5:55 PM, Doug Herr at telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > on 3/28/04 5:25 PM, Mark Rabiner at mark@rabinergroup.com wrote: > >> To the mysterious "Leicajay@aol.com": >> >> Are your making prints from the output from those cameras? >> Are you scanner equipped? >> Output is a big issue here to judge the viability of new technologies. >> Digital has turned a lot of people who would have never done so into print >> makers. This increases the intensity of the photographic experience for them >> by tenfold. >> >> I normally don't respond to nameless posts and eventually I filter them. >> >> >> Mark Rabiner >> Photography >> Portland Oregon >> > > Mark, > > Jay is a dentist in south Florida, I think Broward County, who fancies > himself as an expert on all thing photograpic (and then some). He's also an > ex-marine and is an excellent wordsmith. He currently uses M and (I think) > LTM cameras as well as many other brands. He has owned and broken 10 (ten!) > R bodies. He was banned from the photo.net Leica forum for over a year for > rudeness, insults, inuendo and slander. He will slander you on any forum, > related or not, directly or indirectly, if you get on the wrong side of him. > Ask me how I know. > > You can get on the wrong side of him by questioning the superiority of Canon > EOS cameras, by telling the list that you don't use UV filters, by > discussing Bokeh, or by saying anything positive about Leica's product > planning, R cameras, or about the LHSA. You can also get on the wrong side > of him by asking him to post some of his photos. Depending on what day of > the month it was, his reasons for not posting any photos were either that > his enemies whould tear them to shreds or because photo.net wasn't a > taleneted enough or influential enough audience to view his photos. Read > many of his posts and you will understand why he'd think he has enemies on > photo.net. > > He does know a lot about the minutia of lens sharpness and the minor details > of product changes in the M line. If you're at all familiar with Ken > Rockwell's "Seven Levels of Photographers" you know where this places him: > the Equipment Measurebater. Tread carefully or prepare for battle with him. > > Take care, > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information